50 Years Ago in Hockey: Mikita, Hull Lead Hawks Past Rangers Rick Cole | November 18, 2015 Bobby Hull and Stan Mikita scored a pair of goals each to lead the Chicago Black Hawks to a 5-3 win over the New York Rangers before a capacity crowd…
50 Years Ago in Hockey: A Lost Weekend in Chicago Rick Cole | November 15, 2015 The Chicago Black Hawks went into the weekend leading the National Hockey League with a 6-0-2 record and looking like they might not lose a game all year. The Hawks…
50 Years Ago in Hockey: Hawks Humiliate Leafs Rick Cole | November 8, 2015 Saturday night, the Toronto Maple Leafs got a taste of how angry manager-coach Punch Imlach could get when he demoted forward Jim Pappin to the American Hockey League after an…
50 Years Ago in Hockey: Hawks Win Fourth Straight Rick Cole | October 31, 2015 The Chicago Black Hawks continued their early season undefeated string last night in Montreal with a 6-4 win over the Canadiens at the Forum. In the other two scheduled Saturday…
October 30, 1983: Tom Lysiak Gets a 20 Game Suspension Kristi Loucks | October 30, 2015 The Blockbuster That Brought Lysiak to Chicago Tom Lysiak joined the Chicago Blackhawks (then Black Hawks) in the middle of the 1978-79 season, playing eight years with the Hawks. He…
50 Years Ago in Hockey: 60 Goals for Golden Jet? Rick Cole | October 29, 2015 Bobby Hull, hockey’s Golden Jet, is off to such a fast start in this fledgling National Hockey League season that speculation has already begun about how many goals the explosive…
50 Years Ago in Hockey: 65-66 Preview – Chicago Black Hawks Rick Cole | October 19, 2015 The Chicago Black Hawks have an impressive collection of talent, ranging from the best one-two offensive punch in hockey in Bobby Hull and Stan Mikita, to one of the top…
50 Years Ago in Hockey: DeJordy Demoted By Hawks Rick Cole | October 16, 2015 Chicago Black Hawks goaltender Denis DeJordy, who enjoyed a fine NHL rookie season in 1964-65, finds himself headed to the St. Louis Braves of the CPHL today. DeJordy was farmed…
50 Years Ago in Hockey: Hull Relents, Rejoins Hawks Rick Cole | September 30, 2015 Superstar Bobby Hull ended his brief walkout from the Chicago Black Hawks late yesterday. Hull’s return to the fold ended a brief three-day boycott of the Black Hawks’ training camp.…
50 Years Ago in Hockey: Hull Bolts Hawks Camp Rick Cole | September 29, 2015 Superstar left wing Bobby has left the Chicago Black Hawks training camp and no one knows when he might return. Hull left the Chicago training facility on Saturday when his…
50 Years Ago in Hockey: The Coaches – Billy Reay Rick Cole | September 18, 2015 The second in our series of NHL coach profiles takes a look at Billy Reay, the man behind the bench of the Chicago Black Hawks. The 47-year-old Winnipeg native took…
Chicago Blackhawks’ All-Time Great Roster: Goalies and Head Coach Kyle Morton | August 29, 2015 We’ve now come to the end of my series in which I’ve assembled the best possible roster of Chicago Blackhawks past and present in an effort to put together an…